Born in 1984 in Bucharest, Paul studied film directing at UNATC, Romania's top film school. He has directed several award-winning short films selected in international festivals, and two of them, Renovare and Derby, received nominations at the European Film Academy Awards in 2009 and 2011. 

His debut film, A Month in Thailand, premiered in the International Critics' Week sidebar at the 2012 Venice Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI Award at the Sofia Film Festival and the Best First Feature Award (Romanian Days competition) at TIFF. 

His second feature, Two Lottery Tickets, was a box office hit in Romania and was later released in several countries. In 2022 he returned with Men of Deeds, which won the top trophies at the 2023 Gopo Awards, including Best Film and Best Director. He is currently working on his sixth feature film and he teaches Directing at UNATC.